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September 30th 2026
From Token to IPO: How Blockchain is Reshaping Private Markets — A Conversation with Alumni Ventures and Milk Road
Join Sophia Zhao, Partner at Alumni Ventures, and Martin from Milk Road for a fireside conversation on the current state of blockchain and fintech venture — where capital is deploying across the space, what the next generation of on-chain and financial infrastructure companies are actually building, and how accredited investors can gain structured exposure to one of the most active corners of private markets.
by Alumni Ventures
August 16, 2026
AI Wearables: Your Body Has a Dashboard Now
Artificial intelligence is moving beyond our screens and onto our bodies, with a new generation of wearable devices that can track everything from sleep and hormones to focus, memory, and daily conversations. These technologies promise highly personalized insights that can improve health, productivity, and decision-making, while also raising important questions about privacy, trust, and data ownership. In this article, I share my firsthand experience living with six AI wearables — and what they reveal about the future of human-computer interaction.
by Sophia Zhao
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September 23rd 2026
VC 401: How Working With Us Works
Join Rob Adams, Executive Partner at Alumni Ventures, and Hilary Ncala, SVP Investor Relations, for the fourth session in the AV Academy series — a practical walkthrough of how to actually participate in venture through Alumni Ventures, including the three equity markets shaping modern portfolios, the two ways to invest with AV, and how to build a venture allocation that matches your goals.
by Alumni Ventures
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September 24th 2026
Lakeshore Ventures Portfolio Preview & Last Call
Join Mike Peri, Partner at Alumni Ventures, and Keaton Nankivil, Senior Principal, for a final look at Lakeshore Ventures before the fund closes — including a preview of the companies shaping its portfolio.
by Alumni Ventures
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September 24th 2026
Arbor Street Ventures Portfolio Preview & Last Call
Join Mike Peri, Partner at Alumni Ventures, and Keaton Nankivil, Senior Principal, for a final look at Arbor Street Ventures before the fund closes — including a preview of the companies shaping its portfolio.
by Alumni Ventures
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September 24th 2026
The IPO Window: What's Next for Private Markets and Investors — A Conversation with Alumni Ventures & The Daily Upside
Join Laura Rippy, Managing Partner at Alumni Ventures, and Patrick Trousdale, Founder & President of The Daily Upside, for a fireside conversation on the current state of venture and private markets — where sophisticated capital is deploying today, how individual accredited investors are gaining access to the asset class, and what the shifts happening across private markets mean for portfolios built for the next decade.
by Alumni Ventures
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September 22nd 2026
An Introduction to Triphammer Ventures: Fund 9
Join Brian Keil, Managing Partner of Alumni Ventures’ Triphammer Ventures, and Mason Hale, Senior Principal, for an introduction to the firm’s Cornell alumni-affiliated venture fund — and how accredited investors can gain structured exposure to promising startups emerging from the Cornell ecosystem and beyond.
by Alumni Ventures
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September 23rd 2026
Introduction to Congress Avenue Ventures
Join Rob Adams, Executive Partner of Alumni Ventures’ Congress Avenue Ventures, for an introduction to the venture fund created for University of Texas alumni and friends of the Longhorn community.
by Alumni Ventures
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September 24th 2026
Purple Arch Ventures Portfolio Preview & Last Call
Join Mike Peri, Partner at Alumni Ventures, and Keaton Nankivil, Senior Principal, for a final look at Purple Arch Ventures before the fund closes—including a preview of the companies shaping its portfolio.
by Alumni Ventures
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September 17th 2026
AI Inference: The Compute Layer Powering Everything
Meera Oak, Partner at Alumni Ventures, and Senior Associate Lucy Friedmann examined why AI inference — rather than training — was projected to account for 55% of AI-optimized cloud infrastructure spending in 2026 and more than 65% by 2029, and where the venture opportunity was forming across a compute layer racing to serve a plural, multi-model world at a steadily declining cost.
by Alumni Ventures
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September 15th 2026
Ring Ventures 101: How To Invest
Rob Adams, Managing Partner of Alumni Ventures’ Ring Ventures, explained how individual investors could access venture capital through a diversified fund built for Texas A&M former students and friends of the community.
by Alumni Ventures
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September 17th 2026
CIO Select Fund Last Call
Greg Baker, Executive Partner at Alumni Ventures, led a final opportunity to learn about the CIO Select Fund before it closed — and explained how Alumni Ventures concentrated additional capital in select companies from across its existing portfolio.
by Alumni Ventures
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